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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1915)
«s f' 'i OREGON ...pcWpL_ 1 O EMERALD ' ■ ..■ v j2rJ|,***W m PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1915. VOLUME XVI, No. 37 WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB AT EUGENE THEATRE HI 8 f EVEN TWO DOZEN CO-ED MEL BAS TO APPEAR IN ANNUAL CONCERT THURSDAY VARIED PROGRAM ANNOUNCED Quartettes, Solos and Stunts Included in Repertoire of Director Ly man’s Troupe The Women’s Glee Club Concert will be given Friday night at 8:30 o’clock, in the Eugene Theatre. The program will be divided into two parts and will consist of vocal ^ solos, quartet selections and numbers by the club, as well as of a piano ren dition by Mona Dougherty, and sev eral skits and stunts. The club is practicing nightly for the concert, which Professor Lyman expects to be the best in the history of the organization. Twenty-four voices will sing the ensemble parts. The program will be as below: PART ONE. Two Oregon songs—• 1 ^ “Alma Mater Song,” Hendricks Forbes. “Songs of My Oregon,” Howe-Mc Cosh. Soprano Solo—“April Morn,” (vocal waltz)) Batten—Virginia Peterson. “Fairy Lullaby,”—Sherwood. Quartette—“An Indian Lullaby”— Vogt—Eva Brock, Martha Tinker, Charlie Fenton, Leah Peerkins. 'Two Spring Songs— • “Spring Time”—Mendelssohn- Root. “The Year’s at the Spring,”—Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. PART TWO. “The Dragon Flies”—Graben-Hoff man. Contralto Song—“My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice,” (from Samson and De lilah ">—Saint-Saens. Leah Perkins. “One Chance in a Thousand”—Geo. Tyner. Piano Solo—“La Casthenetta”—H. Ketten. Mona Dougherty. Barcarolle—Offenbach-Sherwood. A EXPLODING TIRE INJURES FRESHMAN’S RIGHT HAND The exploding of an automobile tire in Salem Sunday afternoon so lacer ated Bert Ford’s right hand so severe ly that amputation of the index finger will probably be necessary. The acci dent occurred about 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon, when Ford was attempting to remove a tire without first letting out the air. The tire exploded, crush ing the hand with the flying rim. Bert was injured only a short time before he was to return" to college. His mother writes that he will be able to be in college in a few days unless unforeseen complications arise, fc Bert is a Freshman at Oregon, and pledged to the Kappa Sigma frater nity. HERMAN OBERTEUFFER MAR RIES MILDRED HEALY After a three-year college romance, Mildred Healy, ’15, and Herman Ober teuffer, ‘14, were married New Year’s eve at the home of the bride in Spo kane, Washington. Mildred Healy, a Kappa Alpha The ta, was in college two years, and in her Sophomore year was secretary of her class, ’15. Herman Oberteuffer, a Beta Theta Pi, who graduated last year, was a member of the Varsity tennis teeam. City High School. Mr. and Mrs. Ober ^ He is now principal of the Junction teuffer will make their home in Junc tion City. TO BE TAKEN FOR FROSH IS LAST STRAW, SAYS DORRIS Senior Commander-in-Chief Seems to Make Unlooked for Impres sion on Visitors Ben Dorris, Commander-in-chief of the Senior forces, came scurrying up the walk in an endeavor to overtake a man who was just ahead of him. “Sorry to be late, Doctor,” puffed Benjamin, “I was hunting for my cap but couldn’t find it, so I had to wear this roof.” The Doctor, who was a stranger in Eugene, turned and took in, with one swift glance, Ben’s handsome head gear. A brown felt hat shielded the learned brow and protected the artis tic dome. “But,” quoth the Doctor, and fear for his friend rang in his voice, “won’t the Sophomores throw you in the race if you don’t wear your green cap?” He who is chief among the wearers of the sombrero wilted in dismay. “Mistaken for a Freshman! Wow!!’’ SEVEN QUALIFY IN FINAL DEBATE TRYOUT Absences and Sickness Put the Squad Behind in Coach Prescott’s Schedule Seven of the eight men who com peted in the final tryout for the ’Var sity debate team successfully passed the decision of Coach Prescott. The contest was held on December 17. Those who now compose the team are Peter Crockett, Victor Morris, Fred Hardesty, Bert Lombard, Nicholas Jaureguy, Cloyd Dawson and Prentiss Brown. Absences from town and sickness have prevented the members of the team from accomplishing the work they expected to have done by this time. Mr. Prescott intended that the team have the analysis and brief near ly finished by the end of vacation, but as it is, they have just started to work upon the brief, so that work upon the speeches will not start for at least a week. “So far,” aid Mr. Prescott, “all the members of the team are showing up about the same. It is just a question of ability to keep in the race,” he says, “which will determine who will make up the teams in the big contests, and they are really all to be big con tests.” MUMPS VICTIMS FEWER Five Are Taken Down During Vaca tion Weeks. Several Previous Cases Persist The epidemic of mumps, that caused the early dismissal of school before the Christmas holidays, has slackened, but it has not wholly disappeared. Five cases .developed during the lat ter part of the vacation, have been re ported, and some of the more serious of the earlier cases are still occasion ing the absence of a few students. Earl Blackaby, Mary Chambers, Glenn Wheeler, Myrtle Smith and Donald Roberts are those who were taken sick during the holidays. Jessup Strang has returned to col lege after an absence of over six weeks. His was one of the first cases in school to develop. A mot of those having new cases have had them for some time, it is not thought that they will be absent from college much longer. The basketball game between the Sophomore and Freshman women’s teams will be played Friday, Janua ry 8, at 5:00 o’clock, in the Women’s Gymnasium. WINGER IS VICTIM OF CUPID’S DARTS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT WEDDING WILL BE IN JUNE Fiancee Is Miss Alice McDonald, a University of Illinois Graduate of ’08 One more addition to the group of faculty wives who are Eastern college women is to be made next June, when Dr. R. M. Winger, Assistant Profes sor of Mathematics, marries Miss Al iie B. McDonald, B. A., of Charleston, 111. The engagement of Miss McDon ald to Dr. Winger was announced simultaneously in Charleston and in Eugene during the Christmas holidays. Miss McDonald is a University of Illinois woman of 1908. She taught English in Illinois and Indiana hiyh schools after 1908, then became a graduate student at the University of Chicago, taking Domestic Science. She is now teaching Domestic Science at the Frances Shimer School for Girls at Mt. Carroll, 111. Dr. Winger met Miss McDonald when he was an assistant in the Math ematics Department of the University of Illinois, Miss McDonald then being a teacher of English in the Urbana High School. The wedding will be at Charleston, which is 40 miles south east of Urbana, the seat of the Uni-, versity of Illinois. • Dr. K. M. Dallenbach and Professor Don C. Sowers brought Eeastern col lege brides to the campus last Sep tember. Mrs. Dallenbach is also a University of Illinois woman. JUNIOR GLASS TO MEET Delated Meeting Scheduled lor Wed nesday to Discuss Oregana Policy Wednesday morning, during the reg ular class hour, in Professor Howe’s room, the Juniors will discuss the business policy of the Oregana. “Several important matters are to decided,” said William Holt, manager of the 1915 Oregana. “The general policy should be determined. The printing must be attended to imme diately, for some of the cuts are al ready made. The end of the cam paign for the $2.50 rate must be de cided on. Personally, I think \the best time will be about January 15.” Formerly it has been the custom to give the students two separate op portunities to take advantage of the cut rate. But this year, because the time has alreaedy been extended, a sec ond offer will not be made, according to Holt. Holt and one of his staff spent a good deal of their time during the holidays getting advertisements from Portland firms. “It was a bad time to do such work,” said Holt, “because business men are so busy towards the end of the year. We will continue the work a few weeks later. Money will be harder than usual to raise for this purpose, because the times are so hard.” All the Juniors are urged to come to the class meeting. Several weeks ago a special meeting was called, but very few turned out, so no ac tion could be taken. OPENING ADDRESS GIVEN BY W. R. B. WILCOX TO BE PRINTED The Journal of the American Insti tute of Architects will print the ad dress which W. R. B. Wilcox, of Se attle, delivered at the opening of the Architectural Building1 on the Univer sity campus. MEN’S CLUB RETURNS FROM BIIRRIL TOUR TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PROFIT IS ATTRIBUTED TO MANAGER WARBLERS VISIT SIX TOWNS LaGrande, Pendleton and Baker Draw the Largest and Most Apprecia tive Audiences of the Trip By Edison Marshall. Two hundred dollars ahead, heal thy, with six delighted towns in their wake, the University Glee Club ar rived in Eugene Sunday after a tour of Eastern Oregon. The towns visit ed were: The Dalles, Pendleton, Ba ker, LaGrande, Hood River and Al bany, and a big hit was made in ev ery town. The big feature of the trip was the $200 gain. Last year at this time the Glee Club deficit was somewhere near $1,000, according to Graduate Mana ger Tiffany. This year ishjre is $200 in the club coffers as ffiie season’s gain. To Sam Michael belongs the credit, according to Tiffany. Michael got the reduced rates at the hotels, he fur nished the newspapers with reader^ and arranged all the advertising. He went over the ground a week before the trip and made all preparations. The greatest gain made was in friends for the University. Every where big crowds turned out, laughed and clapped and enjoyed themselves throughout the concert, and went away satisfied. The soloists, Gillette, Sprague and 'Vawter, got big “hands” everywhere, so did the stunts, the quartette, the Oregon songs, illustrat ed by lantern slides, showing views of the University; the entire concert, in fact. “Last evening’s entertainment giv en by the University boys was an event to inspire home loyalty to Or egon educational institutions,” said an editorial in the LaGrande Observ er. “It was a show given by *our boys,’ and they are real buoyant, da tive, energetic Ixjys. They hhil from all parts of the state, and no one sec tion seems to have it over the re mainder of the state in the produc tion of men. “From Sam Michael, business man ager, to the high tendr and the popu lar baritone, each of the bunch is man ly, high grade, and a credit to the cit izenship of Oregon. They also reflect the training they are receiving at the U. of 0., and President Campbell, along with other members of the staff, can well feel proud of the Glee Club.” Other newspapers in other towns were no les generous in their praise. LaGrande, however, as always, turned out the biggest and most enthusiastic crowd. Pendleton and Baker ran second in size of crowd and enthusiasm. Hood River was a close third. The crowds at Albany and The Dalles were small er, but the concert "got by” equally well. o The, Glee Club has several trips yev to make. January 22 the club will sing at Corvallis. About February ll the club will go to Portland, to sing at the Ad Club and the High Schools, and to carry on the good work of making money and friends for the University. OREGON STUDENT INVENTOR OF A TELEPHONE METER Ralph Milne, a student majoring in Architecture, is the inventor of an automatic telephone meter which re cords the time spent in using the in strument. Charges could then be made on a time scale. Mr. Milne has already received a certificate of pat entability from his attorney at Wash ington, D. C., and expects to apply for a patent soon. S.A.E. IS FIRST NATIONAL FRATERNITTTO ENTER O.A.C. Delta Omega Club, of Corvallis, An v nounces Obtaining of Charter During Christmas Recess According to reports received from the Oregon Agricultural College, Sig ma Alpha Epsilon has granted a char ter to the Delta Omega Club at thtat institution, being the first national general fraternity to enter the field. The announcement of the obtaining of the charter was made by members of the petitioning organization dur ing the Christmas holidays. Inasmuch as the petition has Ueen under consid eration by the national body since 1909, the members of the local are elated over their success. From 1880 to 1884 Alpha Tau Ome ga maintained a chapter at the Agri cultural College. Since that time, however, no general national collegi ate fraternity has existed there, al though a national pharmacy fraterni ty and a number of locals have flour ished. The news of the establishment of the new chapter has caused something of a stir in the fraternity world. It is taken to signify that the Agricul tural College, heretofore one of the largest colleges in the country with out fraternity, has raised its scholas tic rating to the required standard and is considered by at least one fra ternity as a desirable field. rnuTiu UNDERGOES OPERATION Leader of 1916 Team Spends Holiday Vacation in Portland Hospital Anson Cornell, captain-elect of the University of Oregon football team for 1916, is recovering rapidly from an operation on his knee. The opera tion took place early in the Christmas vacation, at the Good Samaritan hos pital, in Portland. An X-ray examination of the in jured knee disclosed a piece of torn cartilage under the knee cap. The knee cap was removed and the torn cartilage sewed back in place. The operation was an unusual one and is believed to have been a success. Laat year Cornell had trouble with water on the other knee. This past season Cornell was una ble to play through a complete game of football. In the Idaho game at Mosco’" the knee received its first in jury. In the game with Washington State College the injury was again accountable for “Nance’s” short stay in the game. At the University of Washington game in Seattle the mini ature quarterback was in the game for only a few minutes. Anson Cornell will be back in Eu gene as soon as he is able to get about on crutches. The first bandages were removed last week and it is possible that he will be back on the campus the last of the week. • If the injury is completely reme died by spring, Cornell will be back on the diamond for baseball. DAVID CAMPBELL WILL GIVE PIANO RECITAL JANUARY 20 David Campbell, formerly head of the Piano Department of the School of Music, will give a piano recital in Villard Hall during the assembly hour on January 20. David Campbell is a brother of President P. L. Campbell. He has re cently returned from a year’s study in Europe, and is now engaged in concert work, with headquarters in San Francisco. The Eutaxian Literary Society met this efening at the Young Women’s Christian Association Bungalow. Mi3S Mary Perkins gave a talk on “Mak ing Your Own Library.” BHL PUCE ON IN FULL BUST WHEELER, ONLY 1914 LETTER MAN ON SQUAD, KEPT OUT BY MUMPS . BOYLEN FILLS VACANCT Men Weakened by Long Vacation, and Last Night’s Showing Proved Slow By Harry Kuck. With the first conference game a month distant, Varsity basketball as* pi rants started practice in earnest last night. Holiday celebrations put a big crimp in most of the aspirants’ endurance and stock of wind, and last night’s ex hibition wasn’t the fastest in the world. Coach Besdek has determined to se. cure staying power as quickly as pos sible and has laid down his training altimatum: “Cut out all foolishness from this on, boys; no more late hours nor use of tobacco in any form.” Only four men o\)t of the whole squad took advantage of the long va cation to improve their scoring abil ity. Sharpe, Lyle Bigbee, Wheeler and Skeet Bigbee spent most of their vacation in Eugene and practiced get ting the ball through the little iron hoop nearly every day. The squad has dwindled in size from thirty to about twenty, and Coach Bezdek announces that by the end of the week he will slice off another quin tet and then reserve the floor for the remaining fifteen from four to six every afternoon. Glenn Wheeler, the only man on the squad who won his letter last year, is out of the game with the mumps. He fell heir to them last week and will he unable to get going for an other week. Tommy Boylen, a 1912 letter man, is filling Wheeler’s place in the tentative line-up. No captain has been elected yet, the plan be^ng to wait until the team is practically chosen, so that the man chosen will be sure to have a place. Men who have been turning out regularly for the team are: Dudley, Brownell, Roberts, Sharpe, Skeet Bigbee, Burgard, Gorman, Fumey, No Huggins, Fee, Wood, Morton, Buck Bigbee, Burgard, Gorman Furney, No rene, Dolph and Hampton. SOPHOMORE DEBATE TEAMS ARE CHOSEN Second Year Class Groom Ciceros for Annual Underclass Debate on January 22 Robert McMurray, George Colton, Howard McCullock, Milton Stoddard, Clinton Thienes and Henry Thorsett have been chosen to represent the Sophomores in the annual underclass debates to be held on the afternoon and evening of January 22. As yet it is undecided which of the six will represent the affirmative and which the negative sides of the ques tion: Resolved, that the Federal Government Should Own and Operate all Interstate Railways. In the afternoon the affirmative three of one class will endeavor to “talk” to the negative three of the other class, while in the evening the remaining team will repeat the pro gramme. Contrary to the usual method of having the debate committee select the judges, this year the teams will select their own judges. In order thoroughly to stamp out any remaining traces of mumps, the Administration Department requests a prompt report of any cases that may develop.